Revolving bottle-filling apparatus.



. No. 895,191. I A A. A. PINDSTOPTE.

A REVOLVING BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS.

AYPLIOATIDX FILED HA3. 13, 19 01.

.PATERTED AUG. 4, 1993.

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APPLICATION IPILED Hi3. 13, 1901- PATENTED AUG. 4, 190a.

2 SHEETS-SHEET QANDERS ANDERSEN PINDSTOFTE, or FREDERIKSBERG, NEARCOPENHAGEN, Dis-mam I REVOLVING BOTTLE-FILLING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Bet-tented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed. March 13, 1907. Serial No. 362,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDERS ANDERsEN PINDSTOFTE, manufacturer, subject ofDon- 1nark, residing at No. 62 Frederiksberg All,

Frederiksberg, near Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Revolving Bottle-Filling A paratus, of which thefollowing is a speci 1- cation.

My invention relates to improvements in revolving bottle fillingapparatus provided with fixed siphon-tubes and adjustablebottle-supports, and the object of my improvements is to provide meansby which all of such bottle-supports can be simultaneously adjusted inaccordance with the bottle-size, and substantially in a direction)arallel with the fixed-si 'ihon-tubes. I attain this object by the mecanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is anelevation, partly in vertical section of the bottle-filling apparatus,the bottle-sup )orts being adjusted for the filling of 1/1 liter ottles;Fig.2 is a similarview; the bottle supports being adjusted for thefilling of 1/2 liter-bottles.

Similar letters refer to similar parts of the figures.

The vertical shaft (1 has its bearin s in the frame-work b and isrotated manually or by other suitable means. The vessel 0 into which theliquid to be bottled is introduced is fixed to and revolves with theshaft (1. Said vessel is provided with a number of fixed siphon tubes(I, which near their lower end are provided with an opening v, throu hwhich the li uid flows from the vessel in to t 1e bottles whic i areinserted upon the tubes (1.

To the supportof the vessel 0 are secured rods e, one for each of thetubes (Z. Each of the rods 2 is situated in the same vertical plane asits corresponding tube (1 and sub stantially parallel with it. Each ofthe rods e is rovided with a slide f, which can move free y along therod, and which is provided with an arm h forming a bottle-support and asecond arm 1, the forhed end of which forms bearing for a roller or thelike In. All the rollers m run u on a preferably circular table or platen, t trough the center of which the shaft (1 )asses, and which plate ortable a is supported y means of a nut 0 screwed upon a screwthreadedpart of the shaft 0-, so that by turning the nut 0 by means of itshandle p the plate or table It can be lowered or raised, thereby causingall the slides f to be simultaneously lowered or raised. Consequentlyall the bottle-supports It can be simultaneously adjusted for thefilling of bottles of different size. Fig. 1' shows the bottletablesadjusted for the filling of 1/1 literbottlcs, while Fig. 2 shows theb0ttlc-supports adjusted for the filling of 1/2 literottles.

The flow of liquid is started and stopped by means of a ring-shapedmember s (Fig. 1) which is mounted upon the filling tube and which canbe moved along said tube. The downward movementof said rin -shapedmember is limited by a chain tor the like connecting the ring-shapedmember with the upper part of the filling-tube. In its lower positionsaid ring-shaped member a closes the opening v in the filling tube (seethe right hand side of Fig. l) but when the bottle is inserted thering-shaped member is moved upwards and opens the opening in the fillingtube.

What I claim is:

1. In a revolving bottle filling apparatus, the combination withcontaining vessel for the liquid to be bottled, a revolving shaft onwhich said vessel is mounted, and a number of Sl)l1011 tubes carried bysaid vessel on which the bottles to be filled are inserted; of a plateor table mounted on the revolving shaft, means for adjusting said plateor table up or down, individual supports for the several bottles restingloosely and independently on the adjustable plate or table, and meansfor guiding the individual bottle supports on lines, parallel with therespective siphon tubes.

2. In a bottle filling apparatus, the combination of a revolvingvertical shaft, a vessel for liquid to be bottled mounted on said shaft,inclined siphon tubes carried by said vessel and on which the bottlesare to be severallyinsorted, a vertically adjustable table mounted onthe revolving shaft below said vessel, separate bottle supports for theseveral bottles resting independently on the vertically adjustabletable, and guides for the several bottle supports fixed in inclinedposition arallel with the several siphon tubes wherey the bottlesupports are moved up or down. in line with the inclined siphon tubes,substantially as described.

3. In a bottle filling apparatus, the combination of a vertical shaft, acontaining vessel for liquid to be bottled, mounted on said shaft,inclined siphon tubes carried by the containing vessel and on which thebottles to be filled are inserted, a vertically adjustable plate ortable mounted on the shaft, separate supports forthe several bottlesresting loosely and independently on the vertically adjustable plate ortable, and guides for the several bottle supports parallel with therespective siphon tubes, whereby the bottle

